Travel Video Footage

Directions

You will now film your City Cuts; you must film it all and you should not be in the video. You will edit the video in class and it must be under 3 minutes in length. Each clip must be 3 seconds or less (except for the time laps). Make sure to use a camera that will give you good quality and at least 720p on Youtube.

Shooting Requirements

Make sure you have all of the angles, shots, and cuts listed in the requirements.

Japan Example

Before you start filming, check out the video again and notice the variations of subject shots and the variety of cuts used:

0:21-0:28: Insert cut (show zoomed in and zoomed out version of subway scene)

0:29- 0:35: Insert cut (detailed - wide - detailed shot of the scene)

0:31-0:34: jump cut

0:36-0:45: cut away (building-street scene-building)

1:17: cutting rhythm

1:27-1:30: reaction cut

1:51-1:54: cutting rhythm (3-consecutive shot of escalator)

2:25: 2:28: match cut (although different settings, similar action cuts)

2:31-2:37: cut away (building-person-building)

2:42-2:45: insert cut

Guidelines

• When shooting, do not show your shadow.
• Make sure to film an establishing shot at each new major location area.
• Use appropriate head room and lead room.
• There should be no shaky footage.
• This video is entitled "City Cuts" not "Best Friend Cuts" so make sure you focus on showing off the city and not just focusing on a friend.

After you film...

Organizing Footage

When finished, import all your footage onto your Macbook and in your Google Drive folder on your computer in the folders you already created (good clips, deleted clips, music).

Sort your footage and put them into folders according to which ones you think you will be using. Rename your footage according to the clip requirement (e.g. vertical pan). Make a checklist to make sure you have all of your clips. Take one screenshot of the footage in your folder showing at least 20 thumbnails of your footage in Drive and post the screenshot. You do not need to edit yet; you will have class time to do this.

Then take four screenshots showing your four video clips that feature the four categories below. This is not a completion grade but rather graded based on how well they show the category in a creative and effective way since this topic is review from second quarter so they should have improved quality: lighting, composition, angle, subject, etc. Put them in the same category order below:

1. Space
2. Patterns
3. Framing
4. Lines